From tsato@cern.ch Fri Nov 24 14:52:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!tsato From: tsato@cern.ch (Tobias Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov24.145249.1051@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 14:52:49 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum? -- Tobias Sato | tsato@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 5B4C C950 376C D9F0 "Keep the channels open." From gsokolov@illinois.edu Sun Nov 26 03:37:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!gsokolov From: gsokolov@illinois.edu (Graham Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov26.033749.5757@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 03:37:49 GMT References: <1995Nov24.145249.1051@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov24.145249.1051@cern.ch>, tsato@cern.ch (Tobias Sato) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Graham Sokolov Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From aivanov@pacbell.net Sun Nov 26 08:04:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!aivanov From: aivanov@pacbell.net (Anja Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov26.080449.9670@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 08:04:49 GMT References: <1995Nov24.145249.1051@cern.ch> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov24.145249.1051@cern.ch>, tsato@cern.ch (Tobias Sato) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Anja Ivanov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.